Booksellers Florrie Appleton and her fiancé Ed are just three weeks away from their dream wedding.
Between hand-selling beloved classics, unveiling Ed’s enchanting window displays and hosting lively book readings with local authors, they’ve managed to plan an intimate ceremony that promises to be everything they’ve ever hoped for – filled with literary delights, lots of laughter and the love of those closest to them.
But when Ed’s mother Dawn arrives unannounced on their doorstep, Florrie’s world is thrown into chaos like confetti. Dawn claims she’s come to help with the wedding preparations, yet she’s never
shown the slightest interest in her son before. As she starts dismissing their carefully curated shelves and snooping around their cosy cottage, Florrie can’t shake the feeling that Dawn’s plans stretch far beyond simply choosing flowers and cake.
With her close-knit group of friends rallying around her and the bookshop’s loyal customers offering support, can Florrie protect her relationship and the bookshop that means everything to them both?
Or will their happily ever after slip through their fingers like pages torn from one of her treasured books?
Eliza J Scott lives in North Yorkshire with her family and has wanted to be a writer as far back as she can remember. She is inspired by her beautiful surroundings and loves to write heartwarming stories
based on romance and friendship with a generous dollop of community spirit and a hint of humour.
When she’s not writing, Eliza can usually be found with her nose in a book or working in her garden doing a spot of plot wrangling (of the writing variety), and battling against the weeds. The weeds,
unfortunately, are currently winning but Eliza is undeterred. Roses are amongst her favourite flowers and she doesn’t need much of an excuse to visit a plant centre, where a new rose always seems to
mysteriously find its way onto her trolley much to her husband’s astonishment.
Eliza also enjoys having a catch-up with friends over tea and cake, as well as bracing walks in the countryside, rounded off by a visit to a teashop – for yet more tea and cake!
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My thoughts: Florrie and Ed are counting down the days to their wedding, when Ed’s ghastly mother shows up, looking to cause havoc and derail their plans.
She’s still mad that Ed’s grandparents left their bookshop to him and Florrie, and wants to drive a wedge between the couple. Unfortunately for her, they’re strong and can see what she’s up to.
Florrie’s friends have planned a week’s worth of pre-wedding fun, a long and entertaining hen week, with no pig wrangling involved (promise!) It should keep her distracted and hopefully stop any panic about what Ed’s mad mother is up to.
And then, before they realise, it’s time to say “I do”.
This is a lovely, funny, fun read, light and entertaining, perfect for unwinding and letting your own worries go for a while.
*I was kindly gifted a copy of this book in exchange for taking part in this blog tour, but all opinions remain my own.
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